i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:52:29 +0000How to show CLI application name in window title?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2481/how-to-show-cli-application-name-in-window-title/So, I'm curious if it is possible (and how, obviously) to show a CLI application in the terminal title bar (similar to how every non-CLI app does? I typically use `gnome-terminal`, which has an option to show the application where necessary, but `xterm` seems to exhibit the same behavior, i.e., nothing is displayed. This would be helpful when using things like `htop` and `slurm` plus a standard terminal in stacking or tabbed layout.Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:00:13 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2481/how-to-show-cli-application-name-in-window-title/Answer by DocOC for <p>So, I'm curious if it is possible (and how, obviously) to show a CLI application in the terminal title bar (similar to how every non-CLI app does? I typically use <code>gnome-terminal</code>, which has an option to show the application where necessary, but <code>xterm</code> seems to exhibit the same behavior, i.e., nothing is displayed. This would be helpful when using things like <code>htop</code> and <code>slurm</code> plus a standard terminal in stacking or tabbed layout.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2481/how-to-show-cli-application-name-in-window-title/?answer=2482#post-id-2482You can add the following code to your .bashrc or .bash_profile (depending on whether you have your term set to open as a login shell or not.). I have it set to show the userame@host: path $ current_command, but you can alter the last echo -ne line to just show the command if you wish by deleting the ${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD} \$ part, and leaving just echo -ne "\033]0;${BASH_COMMAND}\007" case "$TERM" in xterm*|rxvt*|screen*) PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"' # Show the currently running command in the terminal title: # http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/xterm-titles-with-bash.html show_command_in_title_bar() { case "$BASH_COMMAND" in *\033]0*) # The command is trying to set the title bar as well; # this is most likely the execution of $PROMPT_COMMAND. # In any case nested escapes confuse the terminal, so don't # output them. ;; *) echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD} \$ ${BASH_COMMAND}\007" ;; esac } trap show_command_in_title_bar DEBUG ;; *) ;; esac Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:13:14 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2481/how-to-show-cli-application-name-in-window-title/?answer=2482#post-id-2482Comment by drak3 for <p>You can add the following code to your .bashrc or .bash<em>profile (depending on whether you have your term set to open as a login shell or not.). I have it set to show the userame@host: path $ current</em>command, but you can alter the last echo -ne line to just show the command if you wish by deleting the ${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD} \$ part, and leaving just echo -ne "\033]0;${BASH_COMMAND}\007"</p> <pre><code>case "$TERM" in xterm*|rxvt*|screen*) PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"' # Show the currently running command in the terminal title: # http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/xterm-titles-with-bash.html show_command_in_title_bar() { case "$BASH_COMMAND" in *\033]0*) # The command is trying to set the title bar as well; # this is most likely the execution of $PROMPT_COMMAND. # In any case nested escapes confuse the terminal, so don't # output them. ;; *) echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD} \$ ${BASH_COMMAND}\007" ;; esac } trap show_command_in_title_bar DEBUG ;; *) ;; esac </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2481/how-to-show-cli-application-name-in-window-title/?comment=2486#comment-2486Thank you very much, kind sir!Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:52:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2481/how-to-show-cli-application-name-in-window-title/?comment=2486#comment-2486